08/27/13
Q68: I think heaven and hell aren’t real.
The Studnet's full question was actually:
Q68: "I think heaven and hell aren’t real. Is there any solid proof that the two exist? Is it just something made up so they wouldn’t be afraid of death? How do they know the Bible wasn’t just made up and passed down through generations? And why wont God or Jesus appear and make everyone believe?"
You seem a bit worried as your writing tells of doubt, anxiety and hope. See Q. 69 re the Bible.
Much of what you ask is partly or fully answered in other questions so run your eye down then and check out the answers I gave. (Try the orange Category options in the right side column!)
Write to me if you need to.
Most adults would like to be sure that God is there and heaven is real. I have ‘been down in the pits’ and found that God is real and have come back up and am very thankful to be alive. I look forward to going to heaven- but I hope dying does not hurt much.
Please be assured God is a God of justice and mercy, and the Bible has been around for 4,000 years (2000+ since Jesus). If that was not true – like millions of other books – it would have ‘fallen-by-the-wayside’ and been forgotten soon after Jesus died.
The Bible is still the world’s number one bestseller in 2010. (Only IKEA beat the Bible's publishing record in just one year since the invention of the printing press.)
Finally – if God and Jesus did appear, many people would not want to hear from them simply because they want to ‘...do it my way.’ Like: “Don’t tell me what to do!” “Who are you to tell me that what I am doing is wrong?”
Many people saw Jesus do miracles and raise the dead but they did not listen to any more – they just went their own way and I think the same would happen today. Maybe they would kill Jesus a second time.
Most folk just want to live peaceably.
I am glad you are thinking about it. May God bless your search because your question sort of tells me that you are searching for the truth.
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